Movies

Kids (like most of us) enjoy watching movies. Here are some that are educational or have good messages about education.

For each film, there's a link to the IMDB page for it and an indication of whether it's available at the Seattle Public Library. Since some of the students' families subscribe to Netflix for streaming videos, the chart shows which movies are available there.

FilmIMDB linkSeattle Public?Streaming on Netflix?
October Sky (1999)
High school boys build a rockets.
Based on a true story.
IMDB Yes No
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Students in a poor high school in
L.A. study math with a tough teacher
and beat the odds. Based on a true
story.
IMDB Yes No
Rudy (1993)
Young man is determined to play
football for Notre Dame, despite his
not being admitted to the college. He's
also small. Based on a true story.
IMDB Yes No
Lean on Me (1989)
Morgan Freeman plays a principal who
starts at a tough inner-city school.  Based
on a true story.
IMDB Yes No
Dangerous Minds (1995)
Michelle Pfeiffer plays a high school teacher
who uses unconventional methods to reach
the students.
IMDB Yes No
The Great Debaters (2007) In 1935 a professor (played by Denzel
Washington) at an all-black
college in Texas helps students
form a debate team which takes on
Harvard in the national championship.
Based on a true story.
IMDB Yes  No
The Real Great Debaters (2008)
A documentary about the debate
team that inspired The Great Debaters.
IMDBNoNo
The Ron Clark Story (2006)
Matthew Perry plays a young teacher
in an inner-city elementary school.
Based on a true story.
IMDB Yes No
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Girl works to make it to the National
Spelling Bee.
IMDB Yes No
Apollo 13 (1995)
An accident during a flight to the moon
requires engineers in mission control and
astronauts on board the spacecraft to think
through math and physics to get the astronauts
home safely.
IMDB Yes No


FilmIMDB linkSeattle Public?Netflix?

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